Shopping bag handle



Jan. 4, 1949. E, s, KARDON 2,458,173

SHOPPING BAG HANDLE Filed Dec. 18, 1945 Patented Jan. 4, 1949 SHOPPING BAG HANDLE Emanuel S. Kardon, Melrose Park, Pa., asslgnor to American Bag s Paper Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application December 148, 1.945, Serial No. 835.745

Claims. (Cl. 229-54) This invention relates to shopping bag handles, that is, to handles applied to paper bags of relatively large size which are customarily used for carrying a number of small packages.

vHeretofore various attempts have been made to provide satisfactory handles for shopping bags. but none of these have been entirely adequate. In the use of such bags the same are frequently iilled with a large number of articles, sometimes of considerable weight, and the bags are subjected to considerableA stresses, particularly at 'the places where the handles are attached, with a resultant tendency of the bags to tear loose from the handles at the places of attachment, and also of the handles to tear across the end portions thereof.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a simple, yet inexpensive, form of handle for shopping bags and similar structures, which may be readily cut from tough paper, or the like, with a minimum of waste, and which may be readily, expeditiously, and economically, applied to the bag.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and effective means for reinforcing the handle structure, to the end that the same will not readily tear when in use, particularlylacross the end portions thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a handle of the character aforesaid which, when applied to the bag, will inherently reduce the tendency of the bag to tear along the marginal edges of that portion of the handle structure which is secured to the bag. l

The nature and characteristic features of the invention will be more readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a shopping bag, with handles embodying the main features of the present invention attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of a preferred form of reinforcing member utilized in the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section, enlarged, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of a modified form of handle detached.

It should, of course, be understood that the description and drawing herein are illustrative merely, and that various modifications and changes may be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1, 2

2 and 3 oi' the drawing, there is there shown a preferred form of handle structure of the present invention. Ordinarily each bag 5 will be provided at the top with two of such handles, so that when the same are simultaneously grasped they will tend to close the top of the bag.

Each of the handles 8 is preferably blanked out of a sheet of suitable material such as relatively tough paper, or the like, and is so shaped that there will be a relatively small amount of waste of the material from which the handles are cut.

Each handle 8 comprises a main body portion 'I above which the handle proper is provided. The

sides 8 of the handle portion B are inclined at an angle of approximately degrees, and in the handle portion proper there is blanked out av hand hole III, the material from which is left attached at the top and is transversely creased whereby the same may be wrapped around the horizontally extending hand engaging portion II for a purpose to be presently explained, 'thereby providing a panel I2 which extends upwardly from the cutout or hand hole I0, and a flap I3, to provide an enclosure for the horizontally extending portion II of a reinforcing member I5. The reinforcing member I5 is provided with ilaring leg portions I6 extending downwardly along and beyond the inner side margins of the hand hole I0. A

On each side oi' the body portion 1 of each handle member 8 there is provided a downwardly extending and outwardly flaring tab I1, the inner margins I8 of which are complemental in shape to the outside margins of the sides 9 of the handle proper, so that in the making of the handle members the same may be readily blanked from a strip or sheet with a minimum of waste.

However, the upper outer margins I9 of the tabs I1 are inclined at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the vertical, so that when the bag is more or less filled with packages and the bag is strained, particularly at the places where the handles are attached, there will be no tendency DlllpOSeS.

Each handle member l is preferably provided with a horizontal crease line 22 between the body portion 1 and the handle portion 8, which will permit the handle portions to be inclined at an angle to the side walls of the bag 5, so that in the event of the bag being so lled as to be distended at thetop, the hand engaging portions of the handles' may be brought in proximity to each other without undulystraining the parts.

The form of the device shown in Fig. 4 is substantially the same as that shown in Fig. l, with the exception that the separate reinforcing member is omitted, and in lieu thereof the several portions of the handle proper are reinforced by folded panels along the top and each side thereof,

as shown in Fig. 4. The top panels 28 and 2 are rst folded downwardly over the top horizontal part of the handle portion. the panels 25 and 28 along each side thereof are next folded in, as illustrated in full lines, to form the side portions 9a, of three thicknesses, after which the material which is blanked out of the hand hole It `is folded around the top horizontal portion. The panels which are formed out of the material from the hand hole i9 will, whenwrapped around the top horizontal portion, include parts of the side panels 25 and 2B at the upper end portions thereof Vand will then serve to reinforce the handle at the ends of the top horizontal portion i where it would otherwise be likely to be torn.

Y The body portion 'I as well as the tab portions il of the handle member are secured over their entire area to the bag by means of a suitable adhesive, and likewise the reinforcing elements are similarly secured in their various locations by means of any preferred adhesive.

It will be noted that by the foregoing arrangement there is provided a simple, inexpensive, yet

eflcient, form of handle for shopping bags and the like, in the use of which tendency of the same to tear, and also any tendency of the bag to tear at the place of attachment of the handle members, will be eectively overcome.

I claimt` e .1. A handle member for shopping bags and the like comprising a member blanked out of sheet material having a main body portion secured to .the bag and a handle portion extending upwardly therefrom, the handle portion having a hand hole cut therein to providea top horizontal handengaging part, the body portion having flaring tab portions extending downwardly and outwardly and secured to the bag, the upper outer edges' of said tab portions being inclined at a substantial angle to the vertical, and the inner lower edges of said tab being shaped complemental to the top portion of the handle member.

. 4 zontal part, and a reinforcing member having a part enclosed within the folds of the material from the handle portion.

3. A handle member for shopping bags and the like comprising a member blanked out of sheet material having a main body portion secured to the bag, and a handle portion extending upwardly therefrom, the handle portion having a hand hole cut therein to provide a top horizontal hand engaging part, the material from said hand hole being folded around the top horizontalV part. and a reinforcing member having a part enclosed within the folds of the material from the handle portion and having downwardly extending parts secured to the sides of the handle Y portion.

2. A handle member for shopping bags and the' like comprising a member blanked out of sheet material having a main body portion secured to the bag and a handle portion extending upwardly therefrom, the handle portion having a hand hole cut therein to provide a top horizontal hand vengaging part, the material from said hand hole being folded around thetop hori- 4. A handle member for shopping bags and the like comprising a member of sheet material having a main body portion secured to the bag and a handle portion extending upwardly therefrom, the handle portion `having a`hand hole cut therein to provide a top horizontal hand engaging part, the material from said hand hole being folded around the top horizontal part, a

reinforcing member having a part enclosed Within the folds of the material from the handle portion and having downwardly extending parts secured to theY sides of the handle portion, the body portion having flaring tab portions extending downwardly and outwardly and secured to the bag, and the upper outer edges of said tab portions being inclined at a substantial angle to the vertical.

5. A handle member for shopping bags and the like comprising -a member of sheet material `having a-main body portion secured to the bag and a handle portion extending upwardly therefrom, the handle portion having a hand hole cut therein to provide a top horizontal hand engaging part, the material from said hand hole being folded around the top horizontal part, a reinforcing member having a part enclosed within the folds of the material from the handle portion and having downwardly extending parts secured to the sides of the handle portion, the body portion having flaring tab portions extending downwardly and outwardly and secured to the bag, the upper outer edges of said tab portions being inclined at a substantial angle to the vertical, and the inner lower edges of said tab being shaped complementa] to the top portion of the handle member.

EMANUEL S. KARDON.

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